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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Recent findings have challenged standing assumptions about O\u0308tzi the Iceman\u2019s physical features and genetic history, with previous understandings indicating the figure was pale-skinned with a beard.<\/p>\n

A new DNA analysis has shed light on the true appearance and ancestry of O\u0308tzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy found frozen in the Tyrolean Alps, after officials managed to extract a specimen from the figure\u2019s pelvis.<\/p>\n

The analysis suggests O\u0308tzi had dark skin and eyes, and was likely bald, a stark difference to previous belief that the iceman\u2019s skin darkened during the mummification process; instead, the new findings indicate his skin color closely resembled his lifetime appearance.<\/p>\n

Albert Zink, head of the Institute for Mummy Studies at Eurac Research, remarked that this outcome isn\u2019t surprising given that ancient European farmers often possessed darker skin pigmentation than present-day Europeans.<\/p>\n

Zink explained O\u0308tzi\u2019s consumption of meat, particularly ibex and deer, might have contributed to his skin tone. The study also dismissed earlier notions about O\u0308tzi\u2019s genetic affinity. A more complete genome extracted from his pelvis allowed researchers to compare his DNA with that of other ancient humans.<\/p>\n

Contrary to a proposed genetic link with present-day Sardinians, O\u0308tzi\u2019s genetic makeup showed greater similarity to early Anatolian farmers from what is now Turkiye, indicating limited interaction with his European hunter-gatherer contemporaries.<\/p>\n

Johannes Krause, co-author of the study and director of the department of archaeogenetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, emphasized how the findings challenge preconceived notions of the Stone Age European appearance.<\/p>\n

The study also hints at O\u0308tzi\u2019s potential baldness due to male pattern baldness. However, experts caution the complete baldness observed in the mummy might have occurred post-mortem due to the natural decay of the body\u2019s epidermis.<\/p>\n

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